רַגְלִי
rag.li
on foot
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "רַגְלִי" (H7273), translated to "on foot," describes a manner of locomotion or movement without the aid of vehicles or transportation. This word is part of the semantic domain of "Body & Health," which suggests a connection between one's physical state and mobility. The 12 occurrences of this word in the Bible reveal its range of usage, encompassing situations where people are traveling, journeying, or simply moving around. This verb might be used in various contexts, such as walking, marching, or stepping, providing a general description of human movement. Given its translation and occurrence, the significance of "רַגְלִי" lies in its practical representation of physical movement in everyday life and travel in ancient times.
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Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
Exodus 12:37The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, in addition to children.
Numbers 11:21Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’
Judges 20:2The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.
1 Samuel 4:10The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
1 Samuel 15:4Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
2 Samuel 8:4David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
2 Samuel 10:6When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
1 Kings 20:29They encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.
2 Kings 13:7For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
1 Chronicles 18:4David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for one hundred chariots.
1 Chronicles 19:18The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.